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After Long Silenceby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0553269445 (0-553-26944-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After Long Silence'Book summary:On the planet Jubal, human colonization has been restricted by massive crystalline ""presences"" which may or may not be sentient, but in order to protect them from destruction, they must be convinced to break their long silence. Reissue. PW. [via]
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American Environmental Historyby Louis S. WarrenISBN 0631228640 (0-631-22864-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Centuryby Kevin PhillipsISBN 067003486X (0-670-03486-X)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2001by Edward O. WilsonISBN 0618153594 (0-618-15359-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2001'Book summary:From abstract reflections on the nature of mathematical thought to an all-too-concrete tale of teetering on the edge of an active volcano, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2001 delivers exactly what it promises. Editor Edward O. Wilson knows good writing when he sees it, and with names like David Berlinski, Barbara Kingsolver, and Jane Goodall in the table of contents, it's hard to know where to begin reading. All but the most diligent of readers will find something new herein--some topic, theory, or point of view that hasn't yet reached the mainstream. Stem cells, robots, cloning, and habitat loss all become more real thanks to the writers' vivid descriptions and imaginative explanations. The collection is a treat even for those with little background in science, as it provides an accessible overview of issues important to all informed world citizens. If only all science and nature writing were this appealing. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters The Later Yearsby Jane Goodall, Dale PetersonISBN 0618257349 (0-618-25734-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Bhopal Aftermath Review: Assessment of the Canadian Situationby CanadaISBN 0662937074 (0-662-93707-4)
Softcover, Environment Canada
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Blue Marsby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553573357 (0-553-57335-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Mars'Book summary:The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth is threatened by overpopulation and ecological disaster. Soon people look to Mars as a refuge, initiating a possible interplanetary conflict, as well as political strife between the Reds, who wish to preserve the planet in its desert state, and the Green "terraformers". The ultimate fate of Earth, as well as the possibility of new explorations into the solar system, stand in the balance. [via]
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Blueprint for a Green Schoolby Chase, Thomas E. LovejoyISBN 0590498304 (0-590-49830-4)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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The Bridgeby John Skipp, Craig SpectorISBN 0553290274 (0-553-29027-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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A Brief History of Canada's National Parksby W. F. LothianISBN 0662152174 (0-662-15217-4)
Softcover, Environment Canada, Parks
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The Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 0582420490 (0-582-42049-0)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Call of the Wild'Book summary:One of the most popular and exciting adventure stories is now being reissued with vibrant, realistic paintings by a highly acclaimed artist and an introduction by award-winning author, Gary Paulsen. First published in 1903, this striking reissue is as relevant today as it was when it was first published. Black-and-white illustrations. [via]
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Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - The Call of the Wild: ISBN 0618300090 (0-618-30009-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div - The Call of the Wild: ISBN 0618003738 (0-618-00373-8)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin - The Call of the Wild: ISBN 0582030447 (0-582-03044-7)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group - The Call of the Wild: ISBN 0590405942 (0-590-40594-2)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - Call of the Wild: ISBN 0606025049 (0-606-02504-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media - The Call of the Wild: ISBN 0582420490 (0-582-42049-0)
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Canadian Energy: Supply and Demand, 1980-2000by CanadaISBN 0662116720 (0-662-11672-0)
Softcover, National Energy Board
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Centennialby James A. MichenerISBN 0613339959 (0-613-33995-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Centennial'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Chronicles the lives of individuals involved in the development and exploitation of the American West, particularly Colorado. [via]
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Coming into the Countryby John A. McPheeISBN 0553255274 (0-553-25527-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Dakota: A Spiritual Geographyby Kathleen NorrisISBN 0618127240 (0-618-12724-0)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dakota: A Spiritual Geography'Book summary:After 20 years of living in the "Great American Outback," as Newsweek magazine once designated the Dakotas, poet Kathleen Norris (The Cloister Walk) came to understand the fascinating ways that people become metaphors for the land they inhabit. When trying to understand the polarizing contradictions that exist in the Dakotas between "hospitality and insularity, change and inertia, stability and instability.... between hope and despair, between open hearts and closed minds," Norris draws a map. "We are at the point of transition between east and west in the United States," she explains, "geographically and psychically isolated from either coast, and unlike either the Midwest or the desert west."
Like Terry Tempest Williams (Refuge), Norris understands how the boundary between inner and outer scenery begins to blur when one is fully present in the landscape of their lives. As a result, she offers the geography lesson we all longed for in school. This is a poetic, noble, and often funny (see her discussion on the foreign concept of tofu) tribute to Dakota, including its Native Americans, Benedictine monks, ministers and churchgoers, wind-weathered farmers, and all its plain folks who live such complicated and simple lives. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Dancing with Manateesby Faith McNulty, Lena ShiffmanISBN 0590464019 (0-590-46401-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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Doomsday: Britain After Nuclear Attackby Philip Steadman, Owen Greene, Stan OpenshawISBN 0631133941 (0-631-13394-1)
Softcover, B. Blackwell
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Drop-Dead Gorgeous: Protecting Yourself from the Hidden Dangers of Cosmeticsby Kim EricksonISBN 0658017934 (0-658-01793-4)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Earth Is Good: A Chant in Praise of Natureby Michael Demunn, Jim McMullanISBN 0590350102 (0-590-35010-2)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Earth Is Painted Greenby Barbara Brenner, S.D. SchindlerISBN 0590451359 (0-590-45135-9)
Softcover, Scholastic
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The Earth Is Painted Green: A Garden of Poems about Our Planetby Barbara Brenner, S. D. SchindlerISBN 0590451340 (0-590-45134-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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Encyclopedia of Ecology & Environmental Managementby Peter CalowISBN 0632055464 (0-632-05546-4)
Softcover, Blackwell Science Inc
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An Enemy of the Peopleby Henrik Ibsen, Christopher HamptonISBN 057119429X (0-571-19429-X)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Enemy of the People'Book summary:An Enemy of the People concerns the actions of Doctor Thomas Stockmann, a medical officer charged with inspecting the public baths on which the prosperity of his native town depends. He finds the water to be contaminated. When he refuses to be silenced, he is declared an enemy of the people. Stockmann served as a spokesman for Ibsen, who felt that his plays gave a true, if not always palatable, picture of life and that truth was more important than critical approbation.[via]More editions of An Enemy of the People:
Energy and Canadians into the 21st Century: A Report on the Energy Options Processby CanadaISBN 0662559681 (0-662-55968-1)
Hardcover, Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada
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Frightful's Mountainby Jean Craighead George, Robert F. KennedyISBN 0613359488 (0-613-35948-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frightful's Mountain'Book summary:Fans of Jean Craighead George's My Side of the Mountain (a Newbery Honor Book) and On the Far Side of the Mountain will be delighted to return to upstate New York's Catskill Mountains for the conclusion of her trilogy, which appears 40 years after the first title's publication in 1959. Written because a young fan asked, "What happened to Frightful?" this volume tells how Sam Gribley's peregrine falcon--that's Frightful--has to make her own way in the world after Sam is forced to release her. Although told in the third person, the story is developed entirely from the bird's point of view. George's narrative follows the falcon through a series of dangerous adventures (involving DDT, electricity lines, and unscrupulous bird traders, to name a few) as she learns to depend on her own instincts. The environmental message is slightly heavy-handed, but it's wrapped in an enjoyable story from a much loved and astoundingly prolific author. You don't need to have read the earlier books to make sense of this one, though it may help. (Ages 9 and older) --Richard Farr [via]
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From Modernization to Globalization: Perspectives on Development and Social Changeby J. Timmons Roberts, Amy HiteISBN 0631210970 (0-631-21097-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Modernization to Globalization: Perspectives on Development and Social Change'Book summary:From Modernization to Globalization is a reference for scholars, students and development practitioners on the issues of processes of social change and development in the "Third World". It provides carefully excerpted samples from both classic and up-to-date writings in the development literature, short, insightful introductions to each section and a general introduction. [via]
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Future Shockby Alvin TofflerISBN 0553277375 (0-553-27737-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Gardening for the Future of the Earthby Howard-Yana Shapiro, John HarrissonISBN 0553375334 (0-553-37533-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gardening for the Future of the Earth'Book summary:"The key to the future of the world lies in gardening."
So begins this inspiring book from the pioneering organic seed company Seeds of Change, which has introduced millions of gardeners to a cornucopia of luscious, unusual fruits and vegetables--all bred by methods that preserve the irreplaceable resources of water, soil, and genetic diversity for future generations.
Gardening for the Future of the Earth brings together for the first time the techniques of the great pioneers of organic gardening, creating a program that can easily be used by home gardeners. Whether you have a sunny windowsill, a backyard plot, or a country garden, you can apply the principles of leading-edge systems such as permaculture, biointensive, biodynamic, and kinship gardening. The results? More beautiful flowers, vegetables, and fruits than you would have believed possible--and deeper satisfaction for you, the gardener, because you will be working in harmony with nature.
Here is expert advice from the masters on:
Garden planning and design that saves work and water
Composting and other methods to build soil without chemical fertilizers
Planting and pruning techniques for dramatically increased yields
The pleasures of seed saving--and even breeding your own varieties
Exploring the richness of biodiversity through kinship gardening
And much more
Illustrated with color photographs that bring the techniques to life, this is both a practical garden companion and essential reading for anyone interested in preserving the precious resources of our home planet.
One individual with a digging fork and a small garden can make a difference.
So begins this inspiring book from the pioneering organic seed company, Seeds of Change, which now reaches more than one million households annually with its catalog of luscious, unusual fruits and vegetables--all bred by methods that preserve the irreplaceable resources of water, soil, and genetic diversity for future generations.
The authors combine the major techniques of organic gardening--including Permaculture, Biointensive, Biodynamic, and Kinship systems--to create a program that can easilybe used by home gardeners. We learn from the masters: among others, Bill Mollison on garden planning and design; John Jeavons on soil building and planting; Alan Kapuler and Carol Deppe on seed saving and do-it-yourself plant breeding; and Masanobu Fukuoka on growing without pesticides or fertilizers.
Illustrated with beautiful four-color photographs and diagrams, this is both a practical garden companion and essential reading for anyone interested in building a sustainable future. --> [via]More editions of Gardening for the Future of the Earth:
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Gibbon's Decline and Fallby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0553573985 (0-553-57398-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gibbon's Decline and Fall'Book summary:Science fiction is a genre traditionally dominated by male fantasy and values, where Terminator-style machismo saves the universe. Sheri S. Tepper writes feminist science fiction. Exit Terminator, enter Sophy. Sophy was a standout in her college class, for all kinds of reasons from looks to brains to spiritual qualities; she was also reticent about her origins. It is only when she disappears that her former classmates begin to discover just how special she was. Woven into Tepper's cosmology is the matriarchal system that once held sway on earth before males usurped that power. It turns out the "Goddess" is alive. [via]
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God Emperor of Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0606348158 (0-606-34815-8)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Green Marsby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553572393 (0-553-57239-3)
Softcover, Fanfare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Green Mars'Book summary:Kim Stanley Robinson has earned a reputation as the master of Mars fiction, writing books that are scientific, sociological and, best yet, fantastic. Green Mars continues the story of humans settling the planet in a process called "terraforming." In Red Mars, the initial work in the trilogy, the first 100 scientists chosen to explore the planet disintegrated in disagreement--in part because of pressures from forces on Earth. Some of the scientists formed a loose network underground. Green Mars, which won the 1994 Hugo Award, follows the development of the underground and the problems endemic to forming a new society. [via]
Green or Bustby James WilkinsonISBN 0563360321 (0-563-36032-1)
Softcover, Bbc Pubns
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Hello, Harvest Moonby Ralph J. Fletcher, Kate KieslerISBN 0618164510 (0-618-16451-0)
Hardcover, Clarion Books
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Henry Builds a Cabinby D. B. JohnsonISBN 0618132015 (0-618-13201-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Henry Hikes to Fitchburgby Donald B. JohnsonISBN 0618737499 (0-618-73749-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Henry Worksby D. B. JohnsonISBN 0618420037 (0-618-42003-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry Works'Book summary:Without Henry, wildflowers would go unwatered in dry weather and rivers would have no crossing stones. Without him, who would bring news of coming storms?[via]
Henry works, but no one seems to notice.
Youre not doing anything today, his friend says. Come fishing with me. Not today, says Henry as he digs up a healing plant for a neighbor. Though he never gets paid, Henry works for more than money.
In this fourth book about Henry David Thoreau, D. B. Johnsons quiet story flows through mornings mist to evenings glow, when, at last, Henrys most important work is revealed!More editions of Henry Works:
Heretics Of Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 0613997247 (0-613-99724-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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A History of Urban Form: Before the Industrial Revolutionsby A.E.J. MorrisISBN 0582301548 (0-582-30154-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Urban Form: Before the Industrial Revolutions'Book summary:Provides an international history of urban development, from its origins to the industrial revolution. This well established book maintains the high standard of information found in the previous two editions, describing the physical results of some 5000 years of urban activity. It explains and develops the concept of 'unplanned' cities that grow organically, in contrast with 'planned' cities that were shaped in response to urban form determinants. Spread throughout the texts are copious illustrations from a wealth of sources, including cartographic urban records, aerial and other photographs, original drawings and the author's numerous analytical line drawings.
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Humanity and Environment: A Cultural Ecologyby I. G. SimmonsISBN 0582225477 (0-582-22547-7)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalismby Aaron SachsISBN 0670037753 (0-670-03775-3)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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Hydropolitics in the Developing World: A Southern African Perspectiveby Anthony Turton, Roland HenwoodISBN 0620295198 (0-620-29519-8)
Hardcover, African Water Issues Research Unit, Centre for International Political Studies, University of Pretoria
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If You Decide To Go To The Moonby Faith McNulty, Steven KelloggISBN 0590483595 (0-590-48359-5)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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The Illustrated Origin of Speciesby Richard E. Leakey, Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0571114776 (0-571-11477-6)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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Into the Wildby Jon KrakauerISBN 0613033574 (0-613-03357-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Into the Wild'Book summary:What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992.
Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him to the perilous heights of Everest, provides some answers by exploring the pull the outdoors, seductive yet often dangerous, has had on his own life. [via]
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Into Thin Airby Jon KrakauerISBN 0613663616 (0-613-66361-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Into Thin Air'Book summary:Into Thin Air is a riveting first-hand account of a catastrophic expedition up Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions. [via]
Is Our Food Safe?: A Consumer's Guide to Protecting Your Health and the Environmentby Warren Leon, Caroline Smith Dewaal, Michael F. JacobsonISBN 060980782X (0-609-80782-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Is This Your Child's World?: How You Can Fix the Schools and Homes That Are Making Your Children Sickby Doris J. RappISBN 0553378678 (0-553-37867-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Is This Your Child's World?: How You Can Fix the Schools and Homes That Are Making Your Children Sick'Book summary:IS YOUR CHILD ALLERGIC TO SCHOOLS?
Find out whether your child's unexplained illnesses, behavioral problems, or learning difficulties are actually being caused by a sensitivity to substances commonly found in schools. Leading pediatric allergist Dr. Doris J. Rapp gives you fast, easy, inexpensive solutions in this practical and comprehensive guide to environmental illness.
ò How to tell if environmental illness is causing your child's common physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms......p. 19
ò Why every parent of a child diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder should have the child tested for food allergies......p. 20
ò What to do if your child comes home from school with red earlobes, dark eye circles, or puffiness below the eyes......p. 45
ò Why you should watch for distinctive reactions like nose-rubbing, skin-scratching, a spacey "out of it" look, and various throat sounds......p. 68
ò How changes in your child's handwriting can provide vital clues......p. 80
ò Problem areas to look for in your child's school building......p. 119
ò What to do if the culprit is indoor air pollution......p. 127
ò How to determine if your child's illness is chemical--from cleaning agents and carpets to chemical-laden construction materials and pesticides--and what you can do about it......p. 177
ò How a change in diet could improve your child's life in 3 to 7 days......p. 206
ò Lessons learned from other sick schools--how parents, teachers, and administrators solved the problem......p. 277
ò How to test air and carpet samples from your child's school for chemicals that are causing a reaction in your child......p. 359
ò Ten major treatment options that may prove helpful to your child--from avoidance and allergy extract treatment to detoxification......p. 399
ò What you need to know about legal assistance and insurance matters......p. 447 [via]More editions of Is This Your Child's World?: How You Can Fix the Schools and Homes That Are Making Your Children Sick:
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The Jungleby Upton Beall Sinclair, Morris DicksteinISBN 0553212451 (0-553-21245-1)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around The Coast Of Great Britainby Paul TherouxISBN 0618658955 (0-618-65895-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around The Coast Of Great Britain'Book summary:After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like. The result is this perceptive, hilarious record of the journey. Whether in Cornwall or Wales, Ulster or Scotland, the people he encountered along the way revealed far more of themselves than they perhaps intended to display to a stranger. Theroux captured their rich and varied conversational commentary with caustic wit and penetrating insight.[via]More editions of Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around The Coast Of Great Britain:
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Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 0553211161 (0-553-21116-1)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leaves of Grass'Book summary:One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the wonderful gift . . . the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." Over the course of Whitman's life, the book reappeared in many versions, expanded and transformed as the author's experiences and the nation's history changed and grew. Whitman's ambition was to creates something uniquely American. In that he succeeded. His poems have been woven into the very fabric of the American character. From his solemn masterpieces "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" and "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" to the joyous freedom of "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and "Song of the Open Road," Whitman's work lives on, an inspiration to the poets of later generations. [via]
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Leaving Homeby Sneed B. Collard, Joan DunningISBN 0618114548 (0-618-11454-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happinessby Rich KarlgaardISBN 0609810316 (0-609-81031-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Life in the Rainforestsby Lucy BakerISBN 0590461311 (0-590-46131-1)
Softcover, Scholastic
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The Magic School Bus in the Arctic: A Book About Heatby Joanna Cole, Anne Schreiber, Scholastic Productions, Bruce Degen, Art RuizISBN 0590187244 (0-590-18724-4)
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Major Problems in American Environmental History Documents and EssaysISBN 0618308059 (0-618-30805-9)
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Maximum Iceby Kay KenyonISBN 055358376X (0-553-58376-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maximum Ice'Book summary:Zoya Kundara has lived on the space vessel Star Road for two hundred fifty years. As its Ship Mother, kept alive in a state of pseudoimmortality, she has provided wisdom and counsel to succeeding generations of its crew, self-exiled survivors of earths great plague.
But now, to escape the ravages of space radiation, the giant starship has returned to earth, only to discover a world on the verge of extinction, its barren surface blanketed in a crystalline substance that resembles ice and that is slowly, inexorably encapsulating the planet. Zoya is chosen as emissary to this strange new earth, and now she must approach its denizens and find a suitable home for her desperate crew among the shrinking lands.
But what she finds shakes Zoya to her core: groups of humans huddled like moles in underground techno-warrens called preserves, and a pseudospiritual order known as the Ice Nuns, who seek control of the physics-defying crystals and enslave their disciples in their crazed quest for truth. For on this once green land, Ice and the science behind it are now the only Godand mastering this grand ecology of information the only higher calling. Allies are few and far between, but somehow Zoya must uncover the secrets of Ice and halt its expansion.
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A Most Unsettling Person: An Introduction to the Ideas and Life of Patrick Geddesby Paddy KitchenISBN 0575019573 (0-575-01957-3)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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My Antoniaby Willa CatherISBN 0553214187 (0-553-21418-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Antonia'Book summary:"The best thing I've done is My Antonia ," recalled Willa Cather. "I feel I've made a contribution to American letters with that book." Ántonia Shimerda returns to Black Hawk, Nebraska, to make a fresh start after eloping with a railway conductor following the tragic death of her father. Accustomed to living in a sod house and toiling alongside the men in the fields, she is unprepared for the lecherous reaction her lush sensuality provokes when she moves to the city. Despite betrayal and crushing opposition, Ántonia steadfastly pursues her quest for happiness-a moving struggle that mirrors the quiet drama of the American landscape. [via]
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My Season With Penguins: An Antarctic Journalby Sophie WebbISBN 0618432345 (0-618-43234-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Napa: The Story of an American Edenby James ConawayISBN 0618257985 (0-618-25798-5)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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Natural Resource and Environmental Economicsby James McGilvray, Yue Ma, Roger PermanISBN 0582257271 (0-582-25727-1)
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The Ninemile Wolvesby Rick BassISBN 0618263020 (0-618-26302-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Orchid Thiefby Susan OrleanISBN 0613280091 (0-613-28009-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Orchid Thief'Book summary:Orchidelirium is the name the Victorians gave to the flower madness that is for botanical collectors the equivalent of gold fever. Wealthy orchid fanatics of that era sent explorers (heavily armed, more to protect themselves against other orchid seekers than against hostile natives or wild animals) to unmapped territories in search of new varieties of Cattleya and Paphiopedilum. As knowledge of the family Orchidaceae grew to encompass the currently more than 60,000 species and over 100,000 hybrids, orchidelirium might have been expected to go the way of Dutch tulip mania. Yet, as journalist Susan Orlean found out, there still exists a vein of orchid madness strong enough to inspire larceny among collectors.
The Orchid Thief centers on south Florida and John Laroche, a quixotic, charismatic schemer once convicted of attempting to take endangered orchids from the Fakahatchee swamp, a state preserve. Laroche, a horticultural consultant who once ran an extensive nursery for the Seminole tribe, dreams of making a fortune for the Seminoles and himself by cloning the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii. Laroche sums up the obsession that drives him and so many others:
I really have to watch myself, especially around plants. Even now, just being here, I still get that collector feeling. You know what I mean. I'll see something and then suddenly I get that feeling. It's like I can't just have something--I have to have it and learn about it and grow it and sell it and master it and have a million of it.
Even Orlean--so leery of orchid fever that she immediately gives away any plant that's pressed upon her by the growers in Laroche's circle--develops a desire to see a ghost orchid blooming and makes several ultimately unsuccessful treks into the Fakahatchee. Filled with Palm Beach socialites, Native Americans, English peers, smugglers, and naturalists as improbably colorful as the tropical blossoms that inspire them, this is a lyrical, funny, addictively entertaining read. --Barrie Trinkle [via]More editions of The Orchid Thief:
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0553214632 (0-553-21463-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:The publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in scientific thought. The volume had taken Darwin more than twenty years to publish, in part because he envisioned the storm of controversy it was certain to unleash. Indeed, selling out its first edition on its first day, The Origin of Species revolutionized science, philosophy, and theology. Darwin's reasoned, documented arguments carefully advance his theory of natural selection and his assertion that species were not created all at once by a divine hand but started with a few simple forms that mutated and adapted over time. Whether commenting on his own poor health, discussing his experiments to test instinct in bees, or relating a conversation about a South American burrowing rodent, Darwin's monumental achievement is surprisingly personal and delightfully readable. Its profound ideas remain controversial even today, making it the most influential book in the natural sciences ever written--an important work not just to its time but to the history of humankind. [via]
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The Other Way to Listenby Byrd BaylorISBN 0613056426 (0-613-05642-6)
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Owl Moonby Jane YolenISBN 0590420445 (0-590-42044-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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The Politics of Globalization: A Readerby Mark KesselmanISBN 0618395997 (0-618-39599-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Portrait of a Burger As a Young Calf: The Story of One Man, Two Cows, and the Feeding of a Nationby Peter LovenheimISBN 0609805444 (0-609-80544-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Practical Development Environmentsby Matthew DoarISBN 0596007965 (0-596-00796-5)
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Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Questby Daniel QuinnISBN 0553375490 (0-553-37549-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest'Book summary:Providence is Quinn's fascinating memoir of his life-long spiritual voyage. His journey takes him from a childhood dream in Omaha setting him on a search for fulfillment, to his time as a postulant in the Trappist order under the guidance of eminent theologian Thomas Merton. Later, his quest took him through the deep self-discovery of psychoanalysis, through a failed marriage during the turbulent and exciting 60s, to finding fulfillment with his wife Rennie and a career as a writer. In Providence Quinn also details his rejection of organized religion and his personal rediscovery of what he says is humankind's first and only universal religion, the theology that forms the basis for Ishmael . Providence is an insightful book that address issues of education, psychology, religion, science, marriage, and self-understanding, and will give insight to anyone who has ever struggled to forge and enact a personal spirituality. [via]
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The Resourceful Earth: A Response to Global 2000by Julian L. Simon, Herman KahnISBN 0631134670 (0-631-13467-0)
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Rumors of Springby Richard GrantISBN 0553343696 (0-553-34369-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Scholastic Environmental Atlas of the United Statesby Mark T. MattsonISBN 0590493558 (0-590-49355-8)
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Sea Trekby Martha HolmesISBN 0563367369 (0-563-36736-9)
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Sharing Our Future: Canadian International Development Assistanceby Canadian International Development AgencyISBN 0662555171 (0-662-55517-1)
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Someday a Treeby Eve BuntingISBN 0613377540 (0-613-37754-0)
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Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poemsby Joyce Sidman, Beckie PrangeISBN 0618135472 (0-618-13547-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Swampwalker's Journal: A Wetlands Yearby David M. CarrollISBN 0618127372 (0-618-12737-2)
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Voluntary Simplicity: An Ecological Lifestyle That Promotes Personal and Social Renewalby Duane ElginISBN 0553227661 (0-553-22766-1)
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Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape Vermont's Champlain valley And New York's Adirondacksby Bill McKibbenISBN 0609610732 (0-609-61073-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape Vermont's Champlain valley And New York's Adirondacks'Book summary:The acclaimed author of The End of Nature takes a three-week walk from his current home in Vermont to his former home in the Adirondacks and reflects on the deep hope he finds in the two landscapes.
Bill McKibben begins his journey atop Vermonts Mt. Abraham, with a stunning view to the west that introduces us to the broad Champlain Valley of Vermont, the expanse of Lake Champlain, and behind it the towering wall of the Adirondacks. In my experience, McKibben tells us, the world contains no finer blend of soil and rock and water and forest than that found in this scene laid out before mea few just as fine, perhaps, but none finer. And no place where the essential human skillscooperation, husbandry, restraintoffer more possibility for competent and graceful inhabitation, for working out the answers that the planet is posing in this age of ecological pinch and social fray.
The region he traverses offers a fine contrast between diverse forms of human habitation and pure wilderness. On the Vermont side, he visits with old friends who are trying to sustain traditional ways of living on the land and to invent new ones, from wineries to biodiesel. After crossing the lake in a rowboat, he backpacks south for ten days through the vast Adirondack woods. As he walks, he contemplates the questions that he first began to raise in his groundbreaking meditation on climate change, The End of Nature: What constitutes the natural? How much human intervention can a place stand before it loses its essence? What does it mean for a place to be truly wild?
Wandering Home is a wise and hopeful book that enables us to better understand these questions and our place in the natural world. It also represents some of the best nature writing McKibben has ever done. [via]More editions of Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape Vermont's Champlain valley And New York's Adirondacks:
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?by Steve Jenkins, Robin PageISBN 0618256288 (0-618-25628-8)
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The Woods Scientistby Stephen R. Swinburne, Susan C. MorseISBN 061804602X (0-618-04602-X)
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Valuesby Robert M. PirsigISBN 0553277472 (0-553-27747-2)
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Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.
In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? what are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? Unfortunately, while exploring the defects of our philosophical heritage from Socrates and the Sophists to Hume and Kant, Pirsig inexplicably stops at the middle of the 19th century. With the exception of Poincaré, he ignores the more recent philosophers who have tackled his most urgent questions, thinkers such as Peirce, Nietzsche (to whom Phaedrus bears a passing resemblance), Heidegger, Whitehead, Dewey, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Kuhn. In the end, the narrator's claims to originality turn out to be overstated, his reasoning questionable, and his understanding of the history of Western thought sketchy. His solution to a synthesis of the rational and creative by elevating Quality to a metaphysical level simply repeats the mistakes of the premodern philosophers. But in contrast to most other philosophers, Pirsig writes a compelling story. And he is a true innovator in his attempt to popularize a reconciliation of Eastern mindfulness and nonrationalism with Western subject/object dualism. The magic of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance turns out to lie not in the answers it gives, but in the questions it raises and the way it raises them. Like a cross between The Razor's Edge and Sophie's World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes us into "the high country of the mind" and opens our eyes to vistas of possibility. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Zen Art of Motorcycleby Robert PirsigISBN 055325748X (0-553-25748-X)
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Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.
In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? what are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? Unfortunately, while exploring the defects of our philosophical heritage from Socrates and the Sophists to Hume and Kant, Pirsig inexplicably stops at the middle of the 19th century. With the exception of Poincaré, he ignores the more recent philosophers who have tackled his most urgent questions, thinkers such as Peirce, Nietzsche (to whom Phaedrus bears a passing resemblance), Heidegger, Whitehead, Dewey, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Kuhn. In the end, the narrator's claims to originality turn out to be overstated, his reasoning questionable, and his understanding of the history of Western thought sketchy. His solution to a synthesis of the rational and creative by elevating Quality to a metaphysical level simply repeats the mistakes of the premodern philosophers. But in contrast to most other philosophers, Pirsig writes a compelling story. And he is a true innovator in his attempt to popularize a reconciliation of Eastern mindfulness and nonrationalism with Western subject/object dualism. The magic of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance turns out to lie not in the answers it gives, but in the questions it raises and the way it raises them. Like a cross between The Razor's Edge and Sophie's World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes us into "the high country of the mind" and opens our eyes to vistas of possibility. --Brian Bruya [via]
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